Whats this 'ipglobal' thing?
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Kaptin , now you're talking!
Perhaps, as you seem to know about tuned pipes, you can help me out? I'm running a Rover 1.4 'K' series engine and have had the head polished/ported/cammed/balanced etc. Standard 4-1 exhaust manifold is no longer up to the job (flow increased from about 55 cfpm to 80 cfpm).
With a pipe dia of 1 3/4" I was thinking of 36" primaries and 24" secondaries plumbing into a straight through (cat removed) s/steel system.
Am I a million miles out and if so perhaps Ridley can give us both the benefit of his/her knowledge?
Perhaps, as you seem to know about tuned pipes, you can help me out? I'm running a Rover 1.4 'K' series engine and have had the head polished/ported/cammed/balanced etc. Standard 4-1 exhaust manifold is no longer up to the job (flow increased from about 55 cfpm to 80 cfpm).
With a pipe dia of 1 3/4" I was thinking of 36" primaries and 24" secondaries plumbing into a straight through (cat removed) s/steel system.
Am I a million miles out and if so perhaps Ridley can give us both the benefit of his/her knowledge?
PPRuNeaholic
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From: Cairns FNQ
I've done a bit more research now, as so kindly suggested by Ridley and so generously supported by Danny. I installed Proxomitron on 6 December and, after some initial self-induced difficulties, it worked exactly as specified. Web pages load faster because it doesn't allow time-wasting banner ads, etc. - a major consideration in my usual part of the world because of the extremely high cost of timed local calls, which are the basis of my internet usage.
It also stopped the valueclick and doubleclick text file cookies dead in their tracks. My spam mail fell away to a trickle of the flood it had been. I then consulted an I.T. guru at my local ISP about the nature of cookies, saying I'd been quite forthrightly informed that ALL cookies are benign.
After he stopped laughing and picked himself up off the floor, he managed to ask me, between chuckles, where I'd heard that load of ****. He said it's true that many cookies are benigh but there are others that are most definitely not so. He further stated that it's often quite difficult, even for I.T. pros, to differentiate between benign and malignant cookies, so the average user has next to no chance of making the distinction.
The safest way is, always, to treat every cookie as hostile, he said. The trouble with that strategy is, of course, that cookies might simply contain passwords and other stuff used by trusted websites, so these are not specifically hazardous. But, a hostile cookie can open a path to your computer so that those "good cookies" can be accessed by the scum that infests cyberspace. The danger here is obvious.
He knows of the Proxomitron program that I installed, but said that even that isn't a foolproof solution for an aggressive cookie.
True to his words, on 12 December, the valueclick text file cookie found it's way back onto my computer. My spam mail increased within hours and, despite my every effort to kill it with Ad-Aware as soon as it appears, my spam mail has now TREBLED. If anything, it is at much higher levels than previously, though this might only be due to the Christmas silly season, of course.
However, the fact remains that this cookie has successfully by-passed Proxomitron every time I've logged onto PPRuNe since 12 December. The fact also remains that my spam mail, some of which is highly offensive and contained links that would certainly not be tolerated on PPRuNe, has increased. It seems that, while PPRuNe management rightly discourages that sort of thing on their site, they are happy for its' subscribers to receive it by e-mail from the ads that they've authorised.
As I've said many times before - and even once before on THIS thread (and was duly ignored by both Ridley and Danny) - I understand the reason for the ads. I've even found one or two that were of use to me. Maybe this time, they will read and digest it. However, it upsets me that they seem to apply a double standard that says :- no, that stuff isn't okay on the site but, yes, we really want all our subscribers to get the full blast of it by e-mail.
I use two other bulletin boards on as regular a basis as I use this one. I ran an experiment to see if any of these cookies come from them. I did that very simply by first running Ad-Aware, to check for and clear any of those cookies that may have existed. I then visited each site and, before visiting another site, ran Ad-Aware again. The only site that gave me those cookies was PPRuNe and I ran that test several times in 7 consecutive days.
It seems that the doubleclick text file cookie hasn't re-emerged but that one only seems to turn up about once a week anyway. Thus I might be yet to receive it again. But it is now VERY clear to me that the valueclick text file cookie is aggressive in invading my computer and, as my spam mail has multiplied after each penetration by it, I am forced to conclude that it is far from benign.
It should, by now, be clear that I'm far from hysterical about this, but that I am deeply concerned about it. Perhaps our good friend Ridley might now care do do some research of his/her own on this subject. I look forward to the result of that research.
It also stopped the valueclick and doubleclick text file cookies dead in their tracks. My spam mail fell away to a trickle of the flood it had been. I then consulted an I.T. guru at my local ISP about the nature of cookies, saying I'd been quite forthrightly informed that ALL cookies are benign.
After he stopped laughing and picked himself up off the floor, he managed to ask me, between chuckles, where I'd heard that load of ****. He said it's true that many cookies are benigh but there are others that are most definitely not so. He further stated that it's often quite difficult, even for I.T. pros, to differentiate between benign and malignant cookies, so the average user has next to no chance of making the distinction.
The safest way is, always, to treat every cookie as hostile, he said. The trouble with that strategy is, of course, that cookies might simply contain passwords and other stuff used by trusted websites, so these are not specifically hazardous. But, a hostile cookie can open a path to your computer so that those "good cookies" can be accessed by the scum that infests cyberspace. The danger here is obvious.
He knows of the Proxomitron program that I installed, but said that even that isn't a foolproof solution for an aggressive cookie.
True to his words, on 12 December, the valueclick text file cookie found it's way back onto my computer. My spam mail increased within hours and, despite my every effort to kill it with Ad-Aware as soon as it appears, my spam mail has now TREBLED. If anything, it is at much higher levels than previously, though this might only be due to the Christmas silly season, of course.
However, the fact remains that this cookie has successfully by-passed Proxomitron every time I've logged onto PPRuNe since 12 December. The fact also remains that my spam mail, some of which is highly offensive and contained links that would certainly not be tolerated on PPRuNe, has increased. It seems that, while PPRuNe management rightly discourages that sort of thing on their site, they are happy for its' subscribers to receive it by e-mail from the ads that they've authorised.
As I've said many times before - and even once before on THIS thread (and was duly ignored by both Ridley and Danny) - I understand the reason for the ads. I've even found one or two that were of use to me. Maybe this time, they will read and digest it. However, it upsets me that they seem to apply a double standard that says :- no, that stuff isn't okay on the site but, yes, we really want all our subscribers to get the full blast of it by e-mail.
I use two other bulletin boards on as regular a basis as I use this one. I ran an experiment to see if any of these cookies come from them. I did that very simply by first running Ad-Aware, to check for and clear any of those cookies that may have existed. I then visited each site and, before visiting another site, ran Ad-Aware again. The only site that gave me those cookies was PPRuNe and I ran that test several times in 7 consecutive days.
It seems that the doubleclick text file cookie hasn't re-emerged but that one only seems to turn up about once a week anyway. Thus I might be yet to receive it again. But it is now VERY clear to me that the valueclick text file cookie is aggressive in invading my computer and, as my spam mail has multiplied after each penetration by it, I am forced to conclude that it is far from benign.
It should, by now, be clear that I'm far from hysterical about this, but that I am deeply concerned about it. Perhaps our good friend Ridley might now care do do some research of his/her own on this subject. I look forward to the result of that research.
PPRuNeaholic
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From: Cairns FNQ
Yes reddo, indeed it does! I've had a look in the directory where AdAware found them and there's PLENTY of other cookies in there that the program obviously has no quarrel with. And, now, just to update things a bit... it's true - even that rotten doubleclick textfile cookie has found a way to beat my Proxomitron.
I believe that the AdAware program is correct to call them "suspicious". I think they are downright hostile and now call on PPRuNe management to remove them from their ads, or at least block them, in the interests of looking after their subscribers.
I believe that the AdAware program is correct to call them "suspicious". I think they are downright hostile and now call on PPRuNe management to remove them from their ads, or at least block them, in the interests of looking after their subscribers.
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From: Formerly of Nam
Ozex Ive never had trouble with valueclick or doubleclick and now ipgglobal since telling Opera and AdSubtract to ignore them. AdSub in fact does a much better job than the browser at keeping these damn txt cookie files off my HD. My Ad-aware proved it.
Now hows your ZoneAlarm doin? Remember ZA is anti-hacking software not a cookie-munchin one!
Now hows your ZoneAlarm doin? Remember ZA is anti-hacking software not a cookie-munchin one!
PPRuNeaholic
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From: Cairns FNQ
ZA no longer exists for me Slash. I've replaced it with McAfee's Firewall, which seems to be doing a far better job than ZA. I didn't have to get it specially, it came packaged with the McAfee A/V software that I got to replace Norton, which was giving me hell on my lappy, even tho it ran great on my desktop PC.
Sorry I couldn't reply to yer PMs mate. Soon as you clear out your PM inbox, I can reply.
Ooops... no I can't. I just deleted every damn thing in my own inbox, so can you send both PMs again please? Sorry!
I give AdSubtract a go too, soon as I can get a stable connection. Starting to find probs keeping a connection thru Bigpong of late. Might be time for me to find another ISP...
Sorry I couldn't reply to yer PMs mate. Soon as you clear out your PM inbox, I can reply.
Ooops... no I can't. I just deleted every damn thing in my own inbox, so can you send both PMs again please? Sorry!
I give AdSubtract a go too, soon as I can get a stable connection. Starting to find probs keeping a connection thru Bigpong of late. Might be time for me to find another ISP...
